Letter to Sylvia Matthews Burwell, Secretary, US Department of Health and Human Services

This article presents a description of Art of Invitation as a complementary approach to traditional addiction treatment through the alignment of Art of Invitation (AOI) with Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Ten Guiding Principles for Recovery. AOI is a faith based relationship building approach that combines key Judeo/Christian teachings with relationship building tools, skills, and concepts for those seeking to build and restore relationships. SAMHSA, as the leading agency within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, spearheads public health efforts to advance behavioral health within the United States. Each Guiding Principle is presented along with a description of how AOI is shared with incarcerated women, an often neglected population, participating in an inpatient treatment program housed in a community corrections facility.

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Can TRICARE Senior Prime Remain Budget Neutral for the Department of Defense and Department of Health and Human Services?

10.21236/ada420400 ◽

1999 ◽

Author(s):

Jim L. Stilley

Keyword(s):

Department Of Defense ◽

Human Services ◽

Health And Human Services ◽

Department Of Health

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Health Care Coalitions as Response Organizations: Houston After Hurricane Harvey

Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness ◽

10.1017/dmp.2017.141 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 11 (6) ◽

pp. 637-639 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lori Upton ◽

Thomas D. Kirsch ◽

Melissa Harvey ◽

Dan Hanfling

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Human Services ◽

Large Scale ◽

The United States ◽

Operational Planning ◽

Advisory Council ◽

East Texas ◽

Health And Human Services ◽

Department Of Health ◽

Response Information

AbstractHealth care coalitions play an increasingly important role in both preparedness for, response to, and recovery from large scale disaster events occurring across the United States. The actions taken by the South East Texas Regional Advisory Council (SETRAC) in response to the landfall of Hurricane Harvey, and the consequential flooding that ensued, serve as an excellent example of how health care coalitions are increasingly needed to play a unifying role in response. This paper highlights a number of the strategic planning, operational planning and response, information sharing, and resource coordination and management activities that were undertaken for the response to Hurricane Harvey. The successful response to this devastating storm in the Houston, Texas area serves as an example to other regions across the country as they work to implement the 2017-2022 health care capabilities articulated by the Department of Health and Human Services Office of the Assistant Secretary for Preparedness and Response. (Disaster Med Public Health Preparedness. 2017;11:637–639)

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